The Qing Dynasty's first-class imperial envoy to Japan, Hershey Sony, was packed in a wooden box that looked like a small house and was carried all the way from Echigo Naoe Town to Edo. Now it was packed and carried into Sakura Castle in Edo Castle.

Tianmen.

The wooden box used to hold the Sony is actually quite nice. There are many carvings on the surface and it is painted with bright paint. It looks almost like a lacquerware. But it is just too small. Compared with the eight boxes from the Ming and Qing Dynasties,

There is no comparison with carrying a large sedan chair, nor can it be compared with a carriage. You cannot sit in it properly at all, you can only sit cross-legged. After a long time, your legs and feet will inevitably become numb.

I really don’t understand how these Japanese people think about it? They can’t build a big, spacious box, or a big sedan? They have to make such a small one. Sony feels that with his current wealth as a bachelor, he will be buried in glory.

, the coffin you sleep in is more spacious than this box, right?

This box was too short for sitting, so I could only cross-legged. It was too short for lying down, so I had to curl up. On the way from Echigo, Sony couldn't bear to sit cross-legged, so he had to curl up, lie down in the box, and have people carry him around.

He staggered along the way and actually rocked him to sleep several times. He was only woken up by the guarding warriors when he reached the resting place.

At this time, Sony felt that the Japanese box still had merits and allowed people to take a nap inside. The only drawback was that the box looked too much like a coffin.

It is very unlucky to sleep in a coffin all the way!

Of course, Sony is not a pig, and it is impossible for him to sleep all the way. When he can't sleep, he will sit cross-legged in the coffin, no, inside the box, open the small windows on both sides of the box to look at the scenery outside, and observe carefully

Take a look at the Matsudaira family samurai who are protecting you, and evaluate their combat effectiveness.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna, who was responsible for picking up people, was a leader among the important ministers of the shogunate. He was both civil and military, shrewd and capable. If it had not become a legend during the Warring States Period, his ability would not stop at a net worth of tens of thousands of koku. Therefore, the samurai under Nobutsuna’s command

Although the number of people is small, they all have a few hits. Among them, there are several who can be called masters of swordsmanship.

However, from the perspective of Sony, who was really experienced in battle formations, Matsudaira Nobutsuna's samurai guard army was still far behind compared to the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty.

First of all, there are too few horsemen, and the quality of the horses is not good. If such cavalry went to the battlefields of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they would not even be enough to serve as scouts!

Moreover, those mounted samurai are considered to be quite advanced. Can they not be used by the forward battalion cavalry that night? If not, the Japanese cavalry is useless at all.

Secondly, they did not have as many gun soldiers as expected. Last time, Liu Lin brought back 2,000 gun guns and 10,000 kilograms of gunpowder at once, which made the senior officials of the Qing Dynasty full of expectations for Japanese firearms, thinking that Japan's firearms troops

How huge it is. But looking at the Musashi Ninja Domain army led by Matsudaira Nobutsuna, their proportion of gunmen is only about 10%. Compared with at least 30% of the infantry of the new Ming army, it is less than two-thirds

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Moreover, the Japanese only used less powerful bird muskets, while the infantry of the Ming army were now equipped with a large number of powerful turtle dove muskets. If both sides used fire muskets to shoot at each other, the Ming army would definitely win!

The only thing that caught Sony's attention was that the spears of Matsudaira Nobutsuna's spearmen were long enough and very well made. The spear points were very long and carefully protected with cloth covers. Judging from their attitude towards the spears, they lined up with them.

And with the momentum they exuded while walking, Sony knew that these spearmen were still a bit difficult to deal with.

If these pikemen can form a fighting formation, and then use firecrackers and archers to cover on the left and right, even the Eight Banners soldiers will have a hard time defeating them. Sony estimates that the Japanese pikemen may be more powerful than Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers.

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However, it is not difficult for the Ming army with field artillery to destroy their gun array. No matter how powerful the gun array is, it cannot stop the bombardment of the artillery!

In particular, it is unlikely that the Japanese will have the same artillery as the Ming army. Cannons are so expensive. Truly durable cannons must be cast from high-quality bronze!

Once the gun array was destroyed, the Ming army's cavalry seized the opportunity to launch an attack. These Japanese soldiers simply could not resist it!

When Sony got out of the "box" and walked towards Chidori under the guidance of Matsudaira Nobuyaka and Lin Luoshan, what he was thinking about was no longer to use Japan's power to severely attack the Ming army.

I want to remind my Japanese friends not to let "Li Datou"'s Ming Dynasty allied forces beat them up once they arrive in North Korea, and then completely give up on trying to get involved in North Korea.

"Soni-san, have you ever seen our Japanese samurai army when you came all the way from Echigo? How do they compare to your Qing Eight Banners soldiers and the Ming army?"

In Chidori Noma, four envoys including Sony, Nikon, Sharp, and Li Kanon finally met the unattractive third-generation general of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Iemitsu.

After Sony handed over the credentials of the Qing Dynasty to Tokugawa Iemitsu, this Japanese man of the world directly inquired about the strength of the Eight Banners Soldiers of the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty army.

The general's words were translated into Chinese by Lin Luoshan. At the same time, the eyes of Tadakatsu Sakai, Nobutsuna Matsudaira, Tadaki Abe, Masamori Hotta and others who accompanied the general to receive Sony were all attracted to Sony.

"As seen by foreign ministers, your country's army is still inferior to the Ming army and our Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. However, your country's army is not as good as the Ming army. The place where the Eight Banners soldiers are located lies in the cavalry."

Sony said eloquently: "If the battle is fought in a place with mountains and rivers, the weakness of your army's cavalry may not become a fatal weakness. But once the battlefield is moved to the open land on the west coast of North Korea, there will be no usable cavalry.

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In addition, the Ming army today is very different from the Ming army that aided the DPRK during the Wanli period. The Ming army at that time only had cavalry that could fight, and the infantry was weak and could not endure a hard fight. But now the Ming Dynasty's Emperor Chongzhen is a heroic leader.

Comparable to Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty in the past! The army he trained was based on artillery, infantry, and cavalry, and his infantry formed a square formation with firecrackers and spears. Every time he went into battle, he must first use cavalry to contain his advance and retreat. Then he used cavalry to stop his advance and retreat.

Artillery bombards the enemy formation, waits for them to disperse, and then adds infantry phalanx. In infantry battles, fire blunderbuss first, and then use lances to attack. If the lance attack is still unsuccessful, use artillery to bombard the enemy for several rounds. Repeat this for several rounds, and you will be able to win

Destroy powerful enemies.

With this kind of fighting style, if you encounter the powerful Eight Banners army that mainly relies on cavalry and does not have to form a strong formation, and is good at mobility, it will certainly not win, but against your country's soldiers and horses, I am afraid it will be invincible!"

"Nah?" Tokugawa Iemitsu frowned. He had always thought that his samurai army was extremely fierce, but now he was said to be worthless by this Tatar?

This Tatar looks sincere and doesn't look like he's talking nonsense!

"Since your envoy feels that our Japanese army is no match for the Ming army, why are you still coming to Edo?" Tokugawa Iemitsu asked.

Sony sighed: "The Ming Dynasty has always been wild. It wanted to annex Mongolia and the Jurchens, subdue North Korea and Japan, and make them the masters of the world. However, the country did not have a clear master for more than two hundred years, and it had no strength and could not develop. Now

A hero was born in the Ming Dynasty, Mongolia was destroyed, and Korea descended. The world was vast. Only the Qing Dynasty and Japan were left who refused to submit to their tyrannical rule! The queen mother and regents of our court heard that Japan in the east of the sea has a strong military and many British masters.

, and refused to accept the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, I sent an envoy to Tonghao and wanted to unite with Japan to resist the Ming Dynasty. I didn’t expect that your country’s military strength was no match for the Ming army.”

As he spoke, Sony sighed.

"Then what are you going to do now?" General Iemitsu asked, "Are you still going to fight?"

Lin Luoshan translated his words into Chinese.

Sonny raised his head and his eyes were bright: "Of course! I, the Qing Dynasty, are strong and iron-clad. I would rather be broken into pieces than destroyed. I, the Qing Dynasty, will fight to the end and will never surrender to the Ming Dynasty!"

General Tokugawa asked again: "Then what do you think Japan should do?"

Sony said: "Chongzhen's ambition is obvious and known to the whole world. The only one he fears is Manchuria! If our country is unfortunately defeated, it will definitely attack Japan across the sea. For the purpose of Japan, foreign ministers should put on their armor as soon as possible and bow their heads to surrender.
Chapter completed!